Type Locality: “Arctic Regions”; determined from itineraries in vol. 1 and a copy of a letter from John Ross in vol. 2, Addenda: 732-735, to be the area bounded by 69.30 o-70.9o N Lat. and 91.52o-93.0oW Long, in the vicinity of the isthmus of Boothia Peninsula, named by the expedition. [Kitikmeot-Keewatin regions, Nunavut]

Types: Syntypes in USNM.

= ‡”anocellus” Scott, 1981

Papilio (n.s.) 1: 4.

Original Combination:Erebia rossii form anocellus

Proposed as a “form” with no nomenclatural standing; a nomen nudum.

= ‡”brucei” Scott, 1986

Butts. N. Am.: 243, no. 113.

Original Combination:Erebia rossii form brucei

Proposed as a “form” with no nomenclatural standing; a nomen nudum. This is a case of Scott proposing a “form” name to correspond with an already named “form” of another species.